Compared with the Championship match against Reading Wensheng in the Championship two weeks ago, Wensheng's room for employment is much greater today, and I have to say that he has always been lucky, since he took over the team in addition to Allen. Li is more unlucky, he has been injured for a long time, and the other players, whether they are old or young, have never been too serious about their injuries, and most of them can come back in a week or two.

Crystal Palace didn't even have a single injury in this game, and everyone adjusted enough for a few days, and Wen Sheng was very satisfied.

A copy of the tactical booklet was handed out to everyone as early as yesterday, everyone was targeted, and the coaching staff made it in detail.

It's great to have Matt and Derry pressing, who are members of the coaching staff who have a deep understanding of Wensheng's tactical thinking, and who are at the heart of the defence, who are able to command their team-mates on the pitch.

Despite giving everyone a booklet in advance, Wen Sheng emphasized some important points before the game, and today's tactics were different from the last time against Reading, and he had to repeatedly remind the players in all positions like Xianglin's sister-in-law.

"That's it! I won't say much about tactics! Ending the pre-match tactical nagging, Wen Sheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch, almost out of the game.

"Guys! It's about to start! The opponent has nothing to say, anyway, it's not the first time we've played each other! We made a mistake against them two weeks ago and this time I hope we don't make a mistake like that again! ”

"We have only one goal, and that is to win! Each and every one of you understands what this game means! You know what the fans are looking forward to, and today they are our strongest support! ”

"The eagle will win!"

Wen Sheng's words of encouragement to everyone are short-lived, but they are enough for the players, the desire to go to Wembley to win the FA Cup has long taken root in everyone's hearts, and the desire for victory has already been ignited, and there is no need for Wen Sheng to incite him too much.

The players screamed and fished out.

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"Brian! Let's meet again! Wen Sheng waited for McDermott at the entrance of the passage.

"Yes! See you again! The weather is nice today! McDermott blinked and grimaced.

"Well, that's good!" Wen Sheng looked up at the sky, it was indeed good, there was a sun.

Then he turned back to McDermott and said with a smile, "What to do, I don't want to tell you good luck today!" ”

"Each other, each other!" McDermott laughed and unceremoniously "shot back".

"Well, then, leave it at that! Let's have a drink after the game! "Wen Sheng sent out an invitation, this is the last time everyone said it was good.

McDermott smiled and nodded, and the two went their separate ways.

"Danny, what did you say to McDermott?!" When Joey saw Wen Sheng talking and laughing with McDermott, he was not only a little curious.

"I said I hope he doesn't have good luck today!" Wen Sheng smiled.

"I have prayed to God just now, they will not have good luck today!" Joey smirked.

"There's a fart! If it works, it won't be a draw against Doncaster last week! Hawking, who was sitting next to him, heard the two brothers talking nonsense and said disdainfully.

Joey prays every game in the dugout, and this is not the first time he has declared that his prayers are useful, and Hawking is not used to seeing him like this.

The players on the bench also sneered when they heard the conversation of the coaches, how could they not ask the common people to ask the ghosts.

After a while, the players from both sides followed the referee team into the room, and the game was about to begin.

The usual discharge from Crystal Palace is 433.

Goalkeeper: Speroni

Guards: Klein, Lawrence, McCarthy, Sears

Midfielders: N'Golo Kante, Derry, Ndiaye

Forwards: Zaha, Vardy, Scanner

Wen Sheng has two changes in the starting line-up, the first change is to include the teenager Zaha in the starter, Zaha has been much more honest since he was cleaned up by Wen Sheng, it turns out that this kid does not understand the timing at all, but he doesn't want to at all, he performed very well against Villa and the last time against Reading, super dribbling ability, stronger and stronger body makes it difficult for opponents to guard against him, Wen Sheng hopes that he can continue his good form and bring changes to the team's attack in this game.

The second change is the adjustment of the midfield, in the past, Wensheng put Derry in the position of the central midfielder and was closer to the defensive line, his experience is very important for the protection of the backline, but today Wensheng hopes that the team will play a little more actively, to keep the team's formation compact, and the defense line will also move forward with the team's attack.

In the midfield position, try to arrange a defender with speed and a relatively large defensive range.

Derry is a fierce man, aggressive, but his pace is average.

Ndiaye is strong enough and has enough speed, but he doesn't have a strong sense of position.

Thinking about it, Wensheng can only move Kante to the backline, he is fast, the sense of position and defensive awareness are the best, the tackling ability is good, what is lacking is the weakness of the header, the lack of confrontation and aggression.

With a limited number of players who can only be short and tall inside, Wen Sheng can only hope that the triangle of N'Golo Kante, Lawrence and McCarthy can guard against the opponent's aerial balls.

Soon the pre-match ceremony was over, and with the fans cheering on, the game officially began.

It wasn't until after the start of the game that McDermott noticed that Crystal Palace's 433 had actually been adjusted, a change he had not anticipated before the game, and he couldn't guess what Wensheng was going to do.

This is the limit of the coach's strength, he faintly feels a little uneasy, but he really can't say why.

McDermott stood on the sidelines, carefully observing the situation on the court.

Reading used to be notoriety in the Premier League, aggressive, and the players of the Koper era are almost gone, but this tradition has remained, and they played aggressively after the start, but unlike the previous game, Wensheng did not let his players back down, but went toe-to-toe with them.

The midfield became a meat grinder, and the side became a killing field.

Crystal Palace also struggled to play the offensive effect that Wensheng expected for a while.

Wen Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, also felt helpless, he commanded the team to start some recovery, intending to attract the opponent to attack, but Reading was fooled in the last game, how could he be easily fooled in this game, and he was much more patient in attack, and there were more left and right dispatches, but he rarely crossed the ball.

"You old boy is also smart!" Wen Sheng scolded McDermott in his heart.

In other words, people are not really stupid, they suffer a loss and eat a second time, think about it and know that this is impossible.

The Reading full-backs are no longer as arrogant as they were in the last game.

Ten minutes passed, and neither team had completed a single shot on goal.

Logically speaking, this game is very likely to have no second leg for both sides, this is not the Championship, this is the FA Cup, everyone is not far from the final, who will easily show their defensive weaknesses, this will be unscientific.

Wen Sheng kept directing the team to move and run on the sidelines, and he was also waiting patiently.

Waiting for the players to adapt themselves, he believes that as long as the players of Crystal Palace can adapt to the opponent's defensive and offensive routines, the team will be able to adjust after all.

Everyone waited patiently, except for the fans in the stands who kept booing the Reading players and applauding the Palace players for every interception and every beautiful pass.

It wasn't Zaha who was the first to attack Crystal Palace, it was Scannel.

In the 23rd minute, Derry, Klein and Scannell played a very beautiful combination on the right side, Scanner cut inside near the bottom line, inverted triangle pass, Vardy shot in the middle, and broke the door guarded by Federici.

This string of combinations is almost completely in line with Wen Sheng's idea, using the short pass cooperation between the three, and then allowing Scannell to use his speed to force an inward pass, Vardy runs and shoots, perfect!

In the past, Crystal Palace rarely had such a complex combination on the wing, and their counterattacks were simple and rude, straight and straight, often a matter of two people, but today it was not a counterattack, McDermott stood on the sidelines dumbfounded.